No sound in Veena? Fix silence and crackling

Get sound playing in Veena by selecting your audio output, unmuting the tracks you want and choosing the playback buffer in Audio Settings. Follow the steps below to hear your song and keep producing with CoProducer.

No sound in Veena: read the play button first

When the play button turns into a spinner, Veena is still getting audio ready. Hover over it to see which step it is on:

For an Audio unavailable clip, use its message to choose the next step:

1. Click the clip to try again for Audio couldn't be loaded.
2. Import the file again for Audio not found in your project storage.
3. Ask the project owner for access for Audio access was refused.

Check what Veena is told to play

1. Solo. A soloed track silences every other track. Look along the track headers and switch solo off.
2. Mute. Check each track's mute button, and the clips themselves: a muted clip looks faded. Toggle Mute Mode (M) applies to the next clip you tap, then switches itself off. If it is armed and you do not want to mute the next clip, turn the control off before tapping.
3. Faders. Use the track faders beside the timeline. Each runs from +6 dB down to silence; the master level lives in the left rail.
4. Plugin tracks. A part played by one of your own plugins needs Veena Bridge running. If its card says "Launch Veena Bridge", click Launch; the Veena Bridge troubleshooting guide covers the rest.

Check your computer's output

Veena plays through whichever output your computer is using: speakers, headphones, an audio interface or Bluetooth.

• Confirm the output and volume in your system sound settings, and that headphones or Bluetooth are really connected.
• Make sure the browser tab isn't muted. Right-click the tab and look for Unmute site.
• If you switched outputs while Veena was open and the sound didn't follow, press Ctrl+S (Cmd+S on a Mac) to save, then reload.
• After your laptop sleeps, press play once; if it stays silent, save and reload.

Fix crackling, clicks and dropouts

Crackle means the browser can't render audio as fast as it plays. Open Settings from the account menu (click your avatar in the left sidebar) to reach Studio Settings → Audio Settings, then raise Audio Buffer Size:

Step up one size at a time until playback is clean. Closing video calls and heavy tabs frees the same headroom, and a wired headset avoids the extra delay Bluetooth adds while you record.

Buffer size: playback stability and recording delay

Audio buffer size is the number of samples Veena prepares at a time. A larger buffer gives the audio engine more time to finish each block, which can reduce crackling in a busy project; a smaller buffer reduces the delay you hear while playing or recording. Use Audio Buffer Size in Studio Settings → Audio Settings, move up one setting when playback breaks up, and listen again. For recording, find the smallest setting that plays cleanly, then run Latency calibration. Close heavy tabs before increasing the buffer further.

Recording sounds late, quiet or distorted

Click the record button and open Calibrate in the recording window. It reads "Ready" or "Not set up". With playback paused, run Volume calibration and Latency calibration: Veena applies the measured gain to your takes and moves each recording earlier by your system's delay, so it lands on the grid. Choose the right mic under Input Device (Microphone) in Audio Settings.

More fixes in the Veena help centre: browser and computer requirements, recording audio and MIDI and mixing in Veena.

See the AI mixing assistant page for this capability in the full Veena studio.

Release history: Large-project playback in Veena explains the change introduced on 2026-09-10.

Release history: Smoother playback in Veena explains the change introduced on 2026-09-28.

Release history: Playhead and MIDI timing in Veena explains the change introduced on 2026-10-02.